Document Type
Article
Keywords
academic freedom; indicators; human rights monitoring; human rights advocacy; human rights
Publisher
PUCPress
Rights Management
CC - BY
Abstract
This paper reflects on the challenges and opportunities of academic freedom monitoring from an advocacy perspective. Based on the review of two existing academic freedom indexes and the author’s experience building scientific freedom indicators, the paper discusses three challenges: conceptual, methodological, and political. The conceptual challenges are of four kinds: undertheorization, complexity, necessity of specification, and variation. The paper concludes by identifying three strategies (theory-building, interoperability, and cosmopolitanism) to strengthen monitoring and make it a more effective advocacy tool.
Comments
Monitorando liberdade acadêmica: reflexões para defensores